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bartruji
join:2003-04-27
Tempe, AZ
clubs:
| Re: Blackberry tethered modem (VZW) Yes. I've also got unlimited sms messaging for an additional $10 a month (unlimited to other VZW subscribers, 500 texts to non subscribers)
Total bill *should* be $105 plus tax and fees. I just signed up , I'll reply to this post when i get my first bill. Oh and this is on my business account. I'm not sure if that makes a difference.
UPDATE: As seen in the screen shots VZW has bumped up the prices on the Voice & data plan online... if you signed up for the Core Choice it would be:
$79.99 + $15.00(first month free)EDVO = $94.99(plus tax and fees)
link: »www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/index.html
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bartruji
join:2003-04-27
Tempe, AZ
clubs:
| The EDVO tethered modem worked great! I stopped at white sands along my way and was surfing the net atop a huge white dune!
Speeds were a little slower in Ruidoso, NM. All in all much better then I expected... Now on to Dr. TCP! I've also been trying to get this thing to work on my Mac powerbook and my Ubuntu laptop. No luck so far.
In other good news, I finally understand why people call these things crackberries! I'm so addicted to this thing. It's like RIM read my mind when they made it! I keep finding new features everyday that are simply AMAZING! Oh, and before i chose the 7130e I did a little homework and a big complaint was battery life... No problems AT ALL! The thing charges via USB (and power cube) so whenever i was surfing the net it was charging. My crappy Dell D810 battery was dead without a single bar missing on the CrackBerry! | |
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join:2001-12-21
Rochester, NY | Welcome I will try to answer any question regarding VZW EVDO service.
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jtudor
Xm 60's On 6 Freak
Premium,MVM
join:2002-12-07
Morganton, NC
| EVDO Rollout? Does anyone have any information or a schedule on EVDO rollout to areas where it is not available yet?
I was told in the Local Verizon store that is was scheduled for our area last summer. I know that had to be wrong, because it is not here yet.
I would like to have it for better speed on my laptop wireless card when I use it, and also for having the VCast on my cell phone.
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join:2001-12-21
Rochester, NY | Re: EVDO Rollout? Sorry, I only have the New England area.
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@myvzw.com
| Re: Post your EVDO speed tests here! Heres mine below
:::.. Download Stats ..:::
Download Connection is:: 781 Kbps about 0.8 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB)
Download Speed is:: 95 kB/s
Tested From:: »testmy.net/ (Main)
Test Time:: 2007/09/11 - 5:55am
Bottom Line:: 14X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 10.78 sec
Tested from a 2992 kB file and took 31.392 seconds to complete
Download Diagnosis:: May need help : running at only 55.23 % of your hosts average (myvzw.com)
D-Validation Link:: »testmy.net/stats/id-COU283A6S
User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; Media Center PC 5.0; .NET CLR 3.0.04506) [!]
:::.. Upload Stats ..:::
Upload Connection is:: 922 Kbps about 0.9 Mbps (tested with 1496 kB)
Upload Speed is:: 113 kB/s
Tested From:: »testmy.net/ (Main)
Test Time:: 2007/09/11 - 5:57am
Bottom Line:: 16X faster than 56K 1MB Upload in 9.06 sec
Tested from a 1496 kB file and took 13.296 seconds to complete
Upload Diagnosis:: Awesome! 20% + : 99.57 % faster than the average for host (myvzw.com)
U-Validation Link:: »testmy.net/stats/id-VRXQI3FEY
User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; Media Center PC 5.0; .NET CLR 3.0.04506) [!] | |
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@myvzw.com | From Wilkes-Barre, PA
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@cebridge.net | Nice speeds, I am guessing you have Rev. A? (Mine was only Rev 0) | |
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@myvzw.com | 
this with only 1 bar -99
will post back with a better connection. | |
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join:2007-10-15
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@myvzw.com | 1175 down 209 up
I do not use the VZW connection manager, only windows dial-up with a usb720 evdo modem (rev a).
Works quite well! | |
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@myvzw.com | I'm located in Bowman, SC. Finally I can game online, w00t!
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join:2003-06-27
Alvarado, TX
clubs: | Re: Post your EVDO speed tests here!  | |
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join:2007-11-26
Long Valley, NJ
| Re: Post your EVDO speed tests here! From Garden Grove, CA using the USB720 modem with the extension cable (Plugged into only 1 USB port) and VZ access manager. These are the fastest speeds I have seen since getting Verizon Broadband Access in March.
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@myvzw.com
| Man, This is the first time I have tested my 8830 tethered connection. It does not seem slow, but compared to your speeds I am dragging. Is it because I can only get Rev. 1 speeds from the BB?
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@myvzw.com
| Here's mine.
Happy with Verizon's BBand service, Verizon wireless in general. Some incompatability with newer Dell (D620, D630) laptops' NIC and internal wireless cards under WinXP - but disabling them both completely solved problem with minimal inconvenience.
I saw 680kbps up / 560 kbps down today. No complaints. | |
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@myvzw.com | My best using a tethered VX10k:
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wraith h
join:2003-06-27
Alvarado, TX
clubs: | Re: Post your EVDO speed tests here! 
after changing to "HDR mode". my dbh is -72 -80 | |
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| mdelg2551
join:2006-11-11
Bronx, NY
| This was my best speed tonight. Compared to the other speeds, I'm barely crawling - what gives?!
I'm running a tethered connection from my Palm 700p to a Vista Business laptop. Any tweaks out there can squeeze more out of my connection? | |
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@comcast.net
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I noticed others with different wireless modems working away. Has anyone suffred with this issue???
PS: I agree with many posts I've read on a number of web sites that when it is connected, the speeds for this modem are sloooow.... | |
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jameswade
join:2001-12-09
Hot Springs, NC
 ·US Cellular
·Verizon BroadbandA..
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| Has anyone tethered a Blackberry Pearl yet? I'm really anxious to get rid of this miserable Microsoft piece of crap Treo and get a nice reliable Blackberry, but I must have a camera.
Now that Verizon is finally coming out with a Blackberry with a camera I'm going to maybe pick one up, but I need to be able to tether it to the laptop.
I don't want to have to pay for a data plan for the Blackberry and laptop.
Has anyone tried this out with the Pearl? Now if the Pearl only had a QWERTY keyboard... | |
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join:2001-12-09
Hot Springs, NC | Re: Has anyone tethered a Blackberry Pearl yet? I finally got a Pearl, it tethers easily and works fine. If you have "unlimited" access with your Blackberry tethering is $15 more. (Ripoff) | |
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join:2006-02-17
Parrottsville, TN
| having speed & connectivity issues (using usb720/vista) I just started using this about a week and a half ago. I would get bad speeds until I hooked up the usb extension cable and I updated to the current software version (6.3.7). After I did that, I would get speeds of around 140-150kb/s. It would normally show 2-3 bars. I could stay connected as long as I wished so all was fine for about a week. However, A few days ago I started having issues. It disconnect every 3-10 minutes and it currently maxes out at like 15kb/s. The only thing I've been able to come across so far is tweaking the TCP setting. Is there anything I can try doing that might get me back to the former speed, or might this be an issue with the modem where it would need to be exchanged?
this is what currently comes up when I do a speedtest:
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jhawk3
@myvzw.com | Re: having speed & connectivity issues (using usb720/vista) Looks like you are on national access instead of broadband access. If you had broadband access before you may have to call tech support. | |
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@myvzw.com
| I was getting same thing but after I used OPTIONAL external antenna I can get a weak but on the hairy edge Broadband Signal vs. National Access at bottom of VXAccess Manager. It makes ALL the difference in the world!
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join:2004-11-30
White, PA
·Verizon BroadbandA..
| If you find a fix, let me know. I am stuck in the upper corner of my house to be able to pick up Broadband most of the time. However, I am also getting cut off sometime every 5 seconds or so. Very frustrating. I have the latest software installed on my Vista maching and made the necessary adjustments they recommended on the web site to eliminate the frequent disconnects without any success. Please HELP if possible. Thanks! | |
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@myvzw.com
| Re: having speed & connectivity issues (using usb720/vista) Might want to check out getting an external antenna. I purchased the Wilson Trucker Omni antenna from »www.3gstore.com and it made all the difference in the world for me. It tooks me from broadband signal dropping in and out in the house to a solid two bars with awesome speeds. | |
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join:2004-11-30
White, PA | Re: having speed & connectivity issues (using usb720/vista) How much did you pay for the antenna? | |
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Mark H Easter
@myvzw.com
| Sharing Verizon Broadbandaccess connection? I have a USB720 USB Modem and although my RSSI (Received Signal Strength) is fairly low - One bar I have up/down speeds equivalent to my problematic Hughesnet Satellite Internet without its latency!
I am currently using the optional (magnetic mount) external antenna that Verizon sells for it to position in exactly best spot of my two story home.
I have previously shared my Internet connection on a small household wireless network via a Linksys wireless router. I typically share it between my laptop, my desktop and my wife's laptop and desktop. Never are there more than 1 or 2 up and running at a time.
I have so far I have ONLY been successful sharing my internet connection by running modem on a Desktop upstairs, using Windows Internet Connection Sharing (ICS).
Do I have any better options?
Anyone using any software other than the VZAccess Manager?
I thought I read where someone ditched it and was using another workaround?
What are the best info sources for this modem/internet access.
I am REALLY limited in HS Internet access solutions available to me. Until now Satellite was IT! I hate Hughesnet!
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@myvzw.com | Re: Sharing Verizon Broadbandaccess connection? Check out »www.evdoforums.com they can all of the answers to your questions can be found there and more. | |
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wraith h
join:2003-06-27
Alvarado, TX
clubs: | i have the usb720 with a linksys wireless modem and i can share the connection when not using the vzaccess software. you have to set up a standard dial up connection through the normal dialing. | |
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join:2008-01-03
Stayton, OR | I use a kyocera KR1 wireless router with the usb720 and it works great! I used a verizon 620 pcmcia card befor the 720. Had to go to the 720 to get rev a speeds. The KR1 has been replaced with the KR2 now I believe. | |
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| bob5
join:2008-01-10
Lees Summit, MO
| I am new at this however I also am seeking a solution to share my Verizon USB 720 connection with one other computer in our home.
As to signal strength I found that when both USB 720 connectors are plugged into "powered" USB ports the signal strength usually is at least one bar when camping along a lake and always at five bars when at home or on the road. An USB router will work just as well if it is separately powered from a power adaptor and both USB 720 connectors are plugged into the router.
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jameswade
join:2001-12-09
Hot Springs, NC
·US Cellular
·Verizon BroadbandA..
·AT&T Southeast
| $15 more per month for tethering?!! A year ago when I got this miserable Treo 700w I specifically asked if it would support tethering and was told that it would. I purchased the phone and the "Unlimited" data plan.
It wouldn't.
I'd put a lot of effort into moving into it so I didn't take it back and bought some third party software that, although sort of precarious, could make tethering work.
Last night I installed the 1.22 firmware and tried out ModemLink and the Verizon Access Manager. I got it to connect, but it was having authentication errors and I coudn't use the Internet.
I called Verizon and was told that I didn't have that service enabled on my account!? I was already paying a great deal of money for "Unlimited" Internet access and these guys wanted $15/month more!
I'll have to see if I can go back to the third party software, turns out it's a loophole that they can't seem to fix...
What a scam!
I escalated this, expressed my extreme displeasure, then escalated it again. The second escalation hasn't called me back again, but I expect that he will. At least the first escalation seemed to be taking notes to pass them along to the people making these decisions.
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wraith h
join:2003-06-27
Alvarado, TX
clubs: | Verison Wirless setups well i have been using this ip for a while now and have found a way to share the connection with any wireless router. if anyone here wants to know the information i will write it out. anyone want to know? | |
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astro5play
join:2007-12-11
55035
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wraith h
join:2003-06-27
Alvarado, TX
clubs: | Re: cannot connect to internet with verizon usb720 card try re-activating your usb720 (updating firmware) and also check if you have the latest version of vzaccess | |
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astro5play
join:2007-12-11
55035 | is there a way to connect to xbox live through usb720? does anyone know a way to connect to xbox live through a verizon 720usb connection? | |
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v0yager
@myvzw.com | Re: is there a way to connect to xbox live through usb720? yes, by connecting you xbox/360 to your laptop via ethernet, then bridging connections between your ethernet card and the aircard.
however, i would not advise doing that, as vzw wireless broadband has a 5GB/month limit | |
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join:2007-11-12 | Connect pc to router or switch, enable ics on broadbandaccess connection. I've had no problems with the cap limit downloading well over 12GB each of the past 4 months. | |
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@myvzw.com | KR1 Router 5 gig limit no problem here i go over it every month. I hit 15 gigs month play games full time for past 9 motnhs. | |
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join:2007-12-29
Westminster, MD
| Verizon USB720 Compatible with D-Link DIR450 Wireless Router Verizon incorrectly says that this will not work, and D-Link says the USB720 has never been tested with the DIR-450. Their latest firmware release (1.03 Beta) omits the USB720, but does have the Sprint "Novatel Ovation U720" card. In the setup, select Sprint as the ISP and the U720 as the card. Leave the User Name, Password, and Server Name blank. The Dial Number is #777. | |
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wraith h
join:2003-06-27
Alvarado, TX
clubs:
| tips on Speed setting 1.You can access a publicly undocumented diagnostic mode of the VZAccess Manager software by pressing CTRL-D and entering the password diagvzw. In diagnostic mode, you can enter a settings window, which offers the choice to lock the modem exclusively in EV-DO ("HDR") mode. When doing so, the modem proves capable of maintaining an EV-DO connection with low signal strength when otherwise it would have downgraded itself to NationalAccess.
i got this from the 'www.evdoforums.com' it is the best place to get info on your verizon wireless setups | |
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ke4pym
join:2004-07-24
Charlotte, NC
·Verizon BroadbandA..
 ·Packet8
 ·RoadRunner Cable
| Time for new hardware Hard to believe I've lived with Verizon for 2 years now. Boy, time files when you're broke ... or something.
Anyway, looking to get a new laptop in the not to distant future. Said machine is going to be a Mac Book Pro 17". It has one of those new fangled ExpressCard/34 slots.
Has anyone used the ExpressCard and USB adapter? If so, do you have any thoughts on which one is better? I've been using a KPC650 and it has been rock solid. | |
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| geoffinak3
Premium
join:2004-09-15
Big Lake, AK
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| Re: Time for new hardware Il am using the UM USB 150, just for a few days , but works great. From my research, this gives you a better signal reception as it's USB powered. I got one with a 4 foot cord that has 2 connectors to hook into 2 USB ports but mine are on opposite sides. However I have a PowerBook G4 1.67 Ghz. Reception has been excellent, I am in San Diego County. North part and get 3 to 4 lights on a 4 light maximum. I am in a tough area for cell on the side of a mountain. I had them set me up at the Verizon owned store, about 15 minutes, mostly waiting for activation. Of course they knew nothing of Macs. I elected to use their VZ Navigator software, supposedly not necessary as I read later but I would probably install the VZ Navigator. It has an uninstaller if you want to remove it later. I have been seeing 1.4 Mbs down and 250 to 450 up. Much better then my 3 year experience with StarBand or SpaceNet and a lot cheaper up front cost. Aso the monitoring of the use, 5 Gbs a month is much more realistic then the satellite companies monitoring, which is really bad and frankly not accurate.
I suggest getting insurance coverage on the modem , 5 or 6 bucks a month but these modems are $250.00 to $300 bucks and 2 years is a long time to carry one around. It also will carry a 4 MB little disk so you can download to it also. If your in a weak signal area you can get amplifiers to boost weak signals. I am very happy with the UM USB 150. I have really been pushing it, using it 12 hours a day and no complaints. This is a new area so I have a lot of questions too, on setting it up for different areas and tweaking for the best speeds, but it's sitting on a pillow on a couch right now and it's raining in so cal and I am hitting 3 to 4 bars.
A Note on the Mac Book Pro, I have a friend and FWIW, he says in about 3 to 4 months Apple will release a quad core Mac Book Pro. Very fast. But there will always be faster, either way, it would mean a price drop on this current model, which is very good or a really fast machine that will see you through for many years. Good Luck and any use tips from your experience most appreciated.
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bobabooye
@direcpc.com | What Verizon USB card would you recommend? What Verizon USB card would you recommend? | |
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wraith h
join:2003-06-27
Alvarado, TX
clubs: | Re: What Verizon USB card would you recommend? I have the usb720. it workes great and you can use it on a laptop or pc. | |
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| NickyG
Premium
join:2003-08-19
Edgewater, FL | I got the UM150 free with 2 year commitment and it works great with both XP and Vista laptops. Some may say it's clunky compared with the other models but FREE is good. | |
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geoffinak3
Premium
join:2004-09-15
Big Lake, AK
·StarBand Communica..
| Security on Verizon Greetings,
I am the new Guy, I have used StarBand for the last 3 years and after far, far, to many problems, mostly SB coming up with Gigs used that were never really used, because, I was not here, power was off and they just do not have a good recording system, plus the outrageous pricing, I am my way out.
So I got this nice new UM USB 150 modem on my Mac Powerbook G4 1.67 Ghz system 10.4.11 2 Gig Ram and I am pretty happy. 1.4 mbs down and 200 to 400 kbs up. Now I have seen 700 kbs down, but for the most part it's been solid 1.4 and I am in a bad place for cell.
Security on the Mac, for those who do not have one, is pretty user controlled, spyware and virus protection is not really a hot topic. E mail encryption and whole disk encryption is sometimes used and I am leaning towards PGP for that.
But the new cell signal. It was set up at the Verizon Store. Is it secure and if not how bad. Is there a place where my user name and passwords can be changed around. Every time I try to go where I think it is, I end up in the sales department. How are the support guys, I can get them through the lack of Mac experience, if they know what their trying to do.
My Sat connection came in through SB modem, nothing there and into my base station, which I put up a reasonable defense at. I just wondered about this cell signal and if there is anything special I should be doing to protect myself. Verizon guy claimed signal was encrypted to 512 KB, then said maybe 250. KB Hmmm. BTW I also have a Rzor V3 and can get a new phone or device in april. The 150 modem has it's own dedicated line, cost $59.00 per month.
So I come to the well thirsty and seeking any and all information on how tackle this new device, which is a pretty cool thing . This tech is pretty new to me, but I think they are going to do very good with it and we will see expansion in power and speed at a pretty good pace. Any ideas most gratefully accepted and most kindly requested.
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